Game #5802
Aston Villa
8-3-3, 27 PTS
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
GK Marco Bizot | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | 🔥 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
DM Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ |
DM Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CM John McGinn | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
AM Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Evann Guessand | 🇨🇮 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
Substitutes
🔁 | LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | for LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | 70’ |
🔁 | CM Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | for DM Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 70’ |
🔁 | RW Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 | for CM John McGinn | 🏴 | 77’ |
🔁 | AM Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 86’ |
🔁 | DM Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | for CF Evann Guessand | 🇨🇮 | 86’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Ronnie Hollingshead | 🏴 |
CB Victor Lindelöf | 🇸🇪 |
RB Andrés García | 🇪🇸 |
LW Jadon Sancho | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 John McGinn (68)
🟨 Marco Bizot (3)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | €17.40m | 32 | (Warm-Up Injury)
GK Marco Bizot | 🇳🇱 | Free | 34 |
GK Ronnie Hollingshead | 🏴 | Free | 20 |
Defenders
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | €33.00m | 28 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | €13.30m | 28 |
CB Victor Lindelöf | 🇸🇪 | Free | 31 |
Full Backs
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | €44.50m | 23 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | €30.00m | 32 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | €15.75m | 28 |
RB Andrés García | 🇪🇸 | €7.00m | 22 |
Midfielders
DM Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | €59.35m | 24 |
AM Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | €38.40m | 28 |
AM Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | €9.40m | 23 |
CM John McGinn | 🏴 | €3.10m | 30 |
DM Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Youth | 21 |
DM Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free | 25 |
CM Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free | 28 |
Wingers
RW Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 | €25.00m | 26 |
LW Jadon Sancho | 🏴 | Loan | 25 |
Forwards
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | €34.00m | 29 |
CF Evann Guessand | 🇨🇮 | €30.00m | 24 |
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
1. CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | €22.30m | 32 | 6 Nov 25 | 6 |
2. CM Ross Barkley | 🏴 | €5.90m | 31 | 3 Dec 25 | 1 |
3. GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | €17.40m | 32 | 3 Dec 25 | 1 |
Not Selected | 1 |
1. AM Harvey Elliott | 🏴 | Loan | 22 |
Out on Loan | 17 |
1. CB Josh Feeney | 🏴 | Youth | 20 | 🇱Huddersfield
2. RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | €7.60m | 19 | 🇱Leipzig
3. GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 | Youth | 21 | 🇱Raków Częstochowa
4. AM Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴 | Youth | 21 | 🇱Crewe
5. CB Finley Munroe | 🏴 | Youth | 20 | 🇱Swindon
6. CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 | Youth | 21 | 🇱Exeter
7. DM Enzo Barrenechea | 🇦🇷 | €8.00m | 24 | 🇱Benfica
8. CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | €1.00m | 22 | 🇱Sheffield United
9. GK Sam Lewis | 🏴 | Youth | 19 | 🇱Cambridge City
10. CB Yasin Özcan | 🇹🇷 | €7.00m | 19 | 🇱Anderlecht
11. GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 | €1.50m | 25 | 🇱Port Vale
12. CB Kerr Smith | 🏴 | €960k | 20 | 🇱Barrow
13. RW Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | €32.00m | 28 | 🇱Roma
14. LW Lewis Dobbin | 🏴 | €11.80m | 22 | 🇱Preston
15. LW Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴 | €14.00m | 21 | 🇱Albion
16. CF Zépiqueno Redmond | 🇳🇱 | Free | 19 | 🇱Huddersfield
17. RB Triston Rowe | 🏴 | Youth | 18 | 🇱Annecy
Youth | 11 |
1. GK Sam Proctor | 🏴 | €120k | 18 |
2. GK Rhys Oakley | 🏴 | Youth | 18 |
3. GK James Wright | 🏴 | Youth | 20 |
4. CB Thierry Katsukunya | 🏴 | Youth | 19 |
5. LB Travis Patterson | 🏴 | Youth | 19 |
6. CM Aidan Borland | 🏴 | €350k | 18 |
7. CM Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba | 🏴 | Youth | 19 |
8. M George Hemmings | 🏴 |
9. AM Bradley Burrowes | 🏴 | Youth | 17 |
10. LW Kadan Young | 🏴 | Youth | 19 |
11. LW Ben Broggio | 🏴 | Youth | 18 |
Team News
Team Stats
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa fall 0-2 behind to a scrappy tap-in and an own-goal in the first 25 minutes before Ollie Watkins breaks his drought and scores two, the second an equaliser on the stroke of half-time. Villa come out and storm to a 4-2 lead and look like adding more before Brighton get another scruffy goal and Villa’s defensive nous delivers another three points, consolidates third place and further cements the mental legacy being built at the club under Unai Emery.
Unai Emery 🇪🇸 takes charge of his 160th Villa game.
Unai Emery 🇪🇸 wins six consecutive games for the second time under his reign having previously won seven between February and April 2025.
Unai Emery 🇪🇸 records a win rate of 55% across all competitions with 88 wins in 160 games, the highest of any Villa manager.
Unai Emery 🇪🇸 records an away win rate of 43.59% across all competitions with 34 wins in 78 games, the highest of any Villa manager.
Unai Emery 🇪🇸 records a top-flight and league win rate of 53.91% with 62 wins in 115 games, the highest of any Villa manager.
Unai Emery’s 🇪🇸 goals per game record is the highest of any Villa manager for 61 years.
Ian Maatsen 🇳🇱 makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt
Lucas Digne 🇫🇷 makes his 30th substitute appearance for Villa (124 Starts).
Pau Torres 🇪🇸 makes his 80th start and 90th appearance for Villa.
Boubacar Kamara 🇫🇷 makes his 115th appearance for Villa.
Amadou Onana 🇧🇪 scores his 7th goal in 46 appearances for Villa having scored 4 in 72 for his previous club.
Amadou Onana 🇧🇪 makes his 35th Premier League appearance for Villa.
John McGinn 🏴 secures his 80th win in 143 games under Unai Emery 🇪🇸.
Emiliano Buendía 🇦🇷 makes his 30th substitute appearance in 64 appearances for Villa under Unai Emery 🇪🇸.
Morgan Rogers 🏴 secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 90th appearance.
Donyell Malen 🇳🇱 scores his 10th goal for Villa in 37 appearances.
Evann Guessand 🇨🇮 contributes his first assist for Villa in 17 appearances.
Ollie Watkins 🏴 scores his 90th goal in 243 appearances for Villa and his 78th League goal in 198 appearances.
Ollie Watkins 🏴 scores his 78th League goal for Villa, overtaking Gerry Hitchens’ total.
John McGinn’s 🏴 304 appearances for Villa moves him ahead of both Brian Little 🏴 and Ugo Ehiogu 🏴.
Morgan Rogers 🏴 contributes his 30th Premier League goal involvement - 14 goals and 16 assists - in 62 games.
Lamare Bogarde 🇳🇱 makes his 10th Premier League substitute appearance for Villa.
Evann Guessand 🇨🇮 makes his 10th Premier League appearance for Villa.
Ezri Konsa 🏴 equals Ashley Young’s 🏴 210 Premier League appearances for Villa.
Starting XI
Scorer(s): Ollie Watkins | 37’ | 45’+7 | Amadou Onana | 60’ | Donyell Malen | 78’ |
Assist(s): Evann Guessand | 37’ | Morgan Rogers | 45’+7 | Matty Cash | 60’ |
Match Timeline
🥅 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Jan Paul van Hecke
🥅 29’ Goal, 0-2, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Pau Torres o.g.
⚽ 37’ Goal!, 1-2, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Evann Guessand
⚽ 45’+7 Goal!, 2-2, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Morgan Rogers
[🟨] Booking, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Bart Verbruggen
🕒 45’+9 HT Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ 60’ Goal!, 3-2, Amadou Onana, Assist by Matty Cash
🔁 70’ Sub off, Ian Maatsen, Sub on, Lucas Digne
🔁 70’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara, Sub on, Youri Tielemans
🟨 75’ Booking, John McGinn
🔁 77’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Donyell Malen
⚽ 78’ Goal!, 4-2, Donyell Malen
🥅 83’ Goal, 4-3, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Jan Paul van Hecke
[🟨] Booking, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Diego Gómez
🔁 86’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
🔁 86’ Sub off, Evann Guessand, Sub on, Lamare Bogarde
🗒️ 90’ Fourth official indicates 6’ of injury time
🟨 90’+5 Booking, Marco Bizot
🕒 90’+8 FT Brighton & Hove Albion 3-4 Aston Villa
Season: 2025-26
Matchday: #20
League Game: #14
Manager Game: #160
Date: Wednesday, 3 December 2025
Attendance: 31,247
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Andy Madley | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 2016-
Kick off: 7.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Andy Madley | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 2016-
Assistants: Nick Hopton, Craig Taylor
Fourth official: Ruebyn Ricardo
VAR: John Brooks | 🏴 | Leicestershire, 2022-
Assistant VAR: Dan Robathan
Referee: Andy Madley | 🏴 | Huddersfield, 2016-
🕒 26 | 🟩 13 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 7 |
🕒 26 | 🟩 50% | 🟨 23% | 🟥 27% |
Cards 🟨 54 | 🟥 2 | 2.15 |
Opposition Cards 🟨 60 | 🟥 0 | 1.92 |
Penalty ⚽ 4 | 🥅 2 | ❌ - |
Disallowed ❌ - |
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
VAR: John Brooks | 🏴 | Leicestershire, 2022-
🕒 14 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 5 |
🕒 14 | 🟩 36% | 🟨 27% | 🟥 36% |
Cards 🟨 25 | 🟥 0 | 1.78 |
Opposition Cards 🟨 32 | 🟥 1 | 2.36 |
Penalty ⚽ 1 | 🥅 3 | ❌ 6 |
Disallowed ❌ 2 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 36 | 🟩 W20 (56% ) | 🟨 D10 | 🇺(83% ) | 🟥 L6 (17% ) | ⚽ 65 | 🥅 34 | GD 31
Match Stats
Villa Possession 56%
Opposition Possession 44%
Villa Shots 14
Opposition Shots 16
Villa Shots on Target 10
Opposition Shots on Target 7
Villa Shots off Target 2
Opposition Shots off Target 6
Villa Touches in Box 25
Opposition Touches in Box 27
Villa Fouls 9
Opposition Fouls 10
Villa Corners 6
Opposition Corners 5
Villa Saves 4
Opposition Saves 6
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
🕒 160 | 🟩 | 88 🟨 | 29 🟥 43 | 1.83
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
What they Said
"Wow, what a match [it is going to be].
“Brighton are two points behind us. How they are performing at home, how they are getting points at home - it isn't easy to win there.
"They are playing and performing fantastic."
**Unai Emery, pre-match.**
“To go two goals behind, especially away at a difficult place to come, is always going to be difficult.
“But we showed great character to come from behind and get the three points. It puts us up the table now. It’s a very good win.
“It’s been a difficult run for me and that’s the ups and downs of football.
“You keep going and I got my rewards tonight. It was nice to get my goals tonight.
“Since the manager’s come in, I’ve scored a lot of goals and assists. I’ve always found myself playing regularly in the team, so to go a prolonged period of time without scoring does affect you.
“It has been hard but you have to keep picking yourself up, training every day and working hard. Now I can put that behind me and keep looking forward.”
**Ollie Watkins.**
“We just kept playing our game.
“The game plan from the manager was clear from the get go and we knew that it was going to be tough coming here and that physically we would have to impose a lot, run a lot and give every effort until the end.
“That’s what we did and I’m proud of the boys tonight.
“Yesterday in training the manager was giving me a little bit of stick because he thinks that I can score a lot more goals with my head.
“I just kept saying to Austin to put them on my head and I’ll dunk it on them, and that’s what happened tonight.”
**Amadou Onana**
“I’m very thankful for our supporters.
“They were here today, Wednesday, 7.30pm, travelling from Birmingham to be with us, to support us, to help us.
“They are very important because the players felt it, how they were pushing and helping us.
“It gives us a lot of motivation, as well to feel excited to try to share our wishes, their wishes, together, and their energy.
“How we reacted, how we didn’t give up after the first and second goals was fantastic.
“Maybe their first goal wasn’t a corner but we conceded one goal.
“When we were, more or less, a little bit shocked they scored the second goal and we needed to react, we needed to get our gameplan.
“And when we scored our first goal, we kept balance and we were trying to dominate, trying to adapt competing against them, and we scored the second goal.
“The first half was fantastic how we achieved this result.
“The second half, again, we were keeping our gameplan and, of course, it was a very tough match, a very difficult match.
“But the players responded fantastic.”
**Unai Emery, post-match.**
Premier League
Brighton & Hove Albion
6-4-4, 22 PTS
AMEX Stadium
Attendance: 31,247
GK Bart Verbruggen | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
LB Ferdi Kadıoğlu | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Lewis Dunk | 🏴 |
CB Jan Paul van Hecke | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
LB Maxim De Cuyper | 🇧🇪 |
M Mats Wieffer | 🇳🇱 | 🔥 |
M Diego Gómez | 🇵🇾 | 🟨 |
M Carlos Baleba | 🇨🇲 | 🔁 |
W Brajan Gruda | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
W Yankuba Minteh | 🇬🇲 |
CF Stefanos Tzimas | 🇬🇷 | 🔁 |
Fabian Hürzeler | 🇩🇪 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Jack Hinshelwood | 🏴 | for CF Stefanos Tzimas | 🇬🇷 | 24’ |
🔁 | CF Danny Welbeck | 🏴 | for LB Ferdi Kadıoğlu | 🇹🇷 | 67’ |
🔁 | CF Charalampos Kostoulas | 🇬🇷 | for W Brajan Gruda | 🇩🇪 | 77’ |
🔁 | RB Joël Veltman | 🇳🇱 | for M Carlos Baleba | 🇨🇲 | 78’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Jason Steele | 🏴 |
CB Diego Coppola | 🇮🇹 |
CB Olivier Boscagli | 🇫🇷 |
M Joe Knight | 🏴 |
W Nehemiah Oriola | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Bart Verbruggen
🟨 Diego Gómez
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Bart Verbruggen | 🇳🇱 | €20.00m | 23 |
GK Jason Steele | 🏴 | Free | 35 |
Defenders
🆕 CB Diego Coppola | 🇮🇹 | €11.00m | 21 |
CB Jan Paul van Hecke | 🇳🇱 | €2.00m | 25 |
🆕 CB Olivier Boscagli | 🇫🇷 | Free | 28 |
CB Lewis Dunk | 🏴 | Youth | 34 |
Full Backs
LB Ferdi Kadıoğlu | 🇹🇷 | €30.00m | 26 |
🆕 LB Maxim De Cuyper | 🇧🇪 | €20.00m | 24 |
RB Joël Veltman | 🇳🇱 | €1.00m | 33 |
Midfielders
M Mats Wieffer | 🇳🇱 | €30.00m | 26 |
M Carlos Baleba | 🇨🇲 | €27.00m | 21 |
M Diego Gómez | 🇵🇾 | €13.00m | 22 |
M Jack Hinshelwood | 🏴 | Youth | 20 |
M Joe Knight | 🏴 | Youth | 20 |
Wingers
W Yankuba Minteh | 🇬🇲 | €38.80m | 21 |
W Brajan Gruda | 🇩🇪 | €30.00m | 21 |
W Nehemiah Oriola | 🏴 | Free | 18 |
Forwards
🆕 CF Charalampos Kostoulas | 🇬🇷 | €40.00m | 18 |
CF Stefanos Tzimas | 🇬🇷 | €25.00m | 19 |
CF Danny Welbeck | 🏴 | Free | 35 |
Opposition Unavailable
Injury | 5 |
1. CB Adam Webster | 🏴 | €22.22m | 30 |
2. W Solly March | 🏴 | €5k | 31 |
3. M James Milner (ex) | 🏴 | Free | 39 |
4. W Kaoru Mitoma | 🇯🇵 | €3.00m | 28 |
5. CF Georginio Rutter | 🇫🇷 | €46.70m | 23 |
Out on Loan | 13 |
1. GK Carl Rushworth | 🏴 | Free | 24 | 🇱Coventry
2. GK James Beadle | 🏴 | Free | 20 | 🇱Birmingham
3. CB Eiran Cashin | 🇮🇪 | €10.75m | 23 | 🇱Birmingham
4. M Malick Junior Yalcouyé | 🇨🇮 | €7.00m | 19 | 🇱Swansea
5. M Facundo Buonanotte | 🇦🇷 | €6.00m | 20 | 🇱Chelsea
6. W Ibrahim Osman | 🇬🇭 | €19.50m | 20 | 🇱Auxerre
7. 🆕 W Do-young Yoon | 🇰🇷 | €2.00m | 18 | 🇱Excelsior
8. W Jeremy Sarmiento | 🇪🇨 | Free | 23 | 🇱Cremonese
9. W Amario Cozier-Duberry | 🏴 | Free | 20 | 🇱Bolton
10. CF Mark O’Mahony | 🇮🇪 | €50k | 20 | 🇱Reading
11. CF Evan Ferguson | 🇮🇪 | Free | 20 | 🇱Roma
12. CB Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo | 🇧🇷 | €16.15m | 27 | 🇱West Ham
13. M Matt O’ Riley | 🇩🇰 | €29.50m | 24 | 🇱Marseilles
League Table
2025-26
Playing Squad
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | #948 |
GK James Wright | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
GK Marco Bizot | 🇳🇱 | #1012 |
GK Rhys Oakley | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
GK Ronnie Hollingshead | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
GK Sam Proctor | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | #937 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | #988 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | #927 |
CB Victor Lindelöf | 🇸🇪 | #1016 |
RB Andrés García | 🇪🇸 | #1008 |
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | #999 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | #975 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | #947 |
RB Triston Rowe | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
M Aidan Borland | 🏴 | #1003 |
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | #998 |
M Ben Broggio | 🏴 | #1004 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | #981 |
AM Bradley Burrowes | 🏴 | #1014 |
CM George Hemmings | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
AM Harvey Elliott | 🏴 | #1015 |
CM Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba | 🏴 | #1006 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | #919 |
DM Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | #952 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | #996 |
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | #950 |
M Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | #989 |
W Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 | #1007 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | #970 |
LW Jadon Sancho | 🏴 | #1017 |
CF Evann Guessand | 🇨🇮 | #1013 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | #946 |
F Travis Patterson | 🏴 | #1005 |
